NZ yams?

[kernowyon]

I have just noticed that T&M are selling New Zealand Yams, has anyone tried these? and if so, are they worth it?

[chris]

I grew them last year. I liked them, trick is not to over cook them though- or you loose the lemony flavour.

I had mine from a member here - though realseeds also sell a few different types of them as well. If you search for 'oca' here (via a google search possibly if oca is too short) you'll find more threads on them.

[Bigmallly]

OMG........Have just goggled images, they look like giant maggots................

[veggiechicken]

BM, when you first said about growing Orcas I thought you meant Ocas, not Okras
I have some to grow this year - tried once before but didn't have much of a crop.

[Bigmallly]

BM, when you first said about growing Orcas I thought you meant Ocas, not Okras
I have some to grow this year - tried once before but didn't have much of a crop.

Pray may I ask where that tangent came from?................

[veggiechicken]

If I have to explain it , it ceases to be a tangentalisation

[Bigmallly]

Well I did keep saying Okras/Ocras & you kept throwing Orcas at me............wash yer ears out girl.....

[Bigmallly]

Actually, back to the thread, how did your sweet potatoes do VC?.........I gave up.........

[veggiechicken]

Actually, back to the thread, how did your sweet potatoes do VC?.........I gave up.........

Did you say something BigM? I seem to have an orach in my ear
Sweet potatoes - planted them in pots, they died off and are still sitting in the GH. However, on the windowsill there are a couple of dark red Sweetpots with teeny shoots......and I have some Yacon in pots too. Red, yellow and pink Oca awaiting its turn

[salome2001]

I grew oca (generous lottie neighbour shared some of her real seeds tubers). They didn't give a huge crop and were quite small so maybe I dug them up a bit early (had to do it before 37 weeks pregnant!). They are certainly pretty plants and the tubers were nice cooked (I steamed them). I kept all the little ones for seed tubers and am hoping to seed swap some.

[Allotmenthacker]

James Wong is making a case for them in his book - so I suspect their popularity may be on the up...

[snakeshack]

My oca is sitting on the windowsill in an egg box chitting,bought them on e-bay .Have never tried eating it but looking at the price of seed tubers I could easily finance my allotment for the year reselling the harvest if I don't like it.
the size of tubers apparently increases for a couple of weeks after the foliage dies down from first frost so harvesting is best left as late as possible,could be the reason for your reduced crop salome